BAMFest kicks off Saturday

11:45 AM,
May 2, 2013

Cody Gorski and Lou Chapman work on a model plane at BAMFest in 2011.

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Residents of Bethel won't be able to escape the music Saturday, May 11, - or at least, that's the plan.

"Essentially, the concept of BAMFest (Bethel Arts and Music) is to kind of fill the whole village with music that day," said Bill Skvarla, the festival's music chair. "We're trying to attract a younger crowd with the southern rock feel of the bands playing this year."

The festival's headliner last year was Hot Wax, an "oldies band," Skvarla said. ...